wasted potential



ive missed out on what was supposed to be
the best years of my life

my life quickly became full of regrets
i managed to ruin everything i had
while everyone my age was growing up
planning their future
i was stuck
wishing i was dead

i didnt think i would make it this far
so i stopped trying
i stopped doing things i loved
i stopped trying for my future
i destroyed every single chance i had
to make my life worth something
but now i am nothing

i dont know why i am alive
if i have nothing to live for
i'll never truly understand where it all went wrong
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Submitted by blueishollow on November 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XAXBXX XCXBACC XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 555
Words 115
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 6, 7, 3

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